Prosperity Widely Shared:
The Oregon State Plan
OSU’s strategic plan is ambitious and intensely focused. It will guide the university from 2024 to 2030.
Read the memo regarding progress during the 2024-2025 academic year and see more details on specific actions below.
Actions
1. Launch a Campaign for Timely Undergraduate Completion
Action Overview
We will set and track bold but achievable targets for retention and graduation in every department, school and college, aiming also to equalize rates of retention and graduation by race and ethnicity.
FY26 Success Outcomes
- Create accountability for achieving student success goals
- Reduce financial barriers to admission, persistence and graduation
- Develop and expand centralized transition experiences
- Provide increased pathways to OSU degrees
- Expand support to enhance persistence and completion
Top Targets
- Increase six-year graduation rate to 80%
- Equalize six-year graduation rates
- Increase online enrollment to 30,000
Progress Metrics
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6Y Grad rate FY25 - FTFT
FY26 Goal: 71.1%
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6Y Pell Grad Rate FY25 - FTFT
FY26 Goal: 65%
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1Y Ret Rate FY25 - FTFT
FY26 Goal: 92%
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4Y Grad Rate FY25 - Transfer
FY26 Goal: 55%
2. Build International Research Distinction in Areas of Competitive Advantage
Action Overview
We will maintain a breadth of disciplines and research appropriate for a comprehensive research university. We will be highly strategic at every level in building selected clusters of research excellence that are world-leading and underpinned by exceptional faculty, highly ranked undergraduate and graduate programs, and Oregon State’s unique assets.
FY26 Success Outcomes
- Improved service, compliance, user experience - fully integrated systems
- Availability of research computing/supercomputing in HCIC - AI enabled
- Availability of new, expanded incentive programs to support researchers
- Successful launch of HCIC, its 5 signature facilities, PWS-focused research
- Improved core facilities administration using new university-wide model
Top Targets
- Increase Annual Research Expenditures to $600 Million by 2030
Progress Metrics
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YTD Research Expenditures FY25
FY26 Goal: $424M
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Total Awards FY25
FY26 Goal: 2,200
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Total Proposals FY25
FY26 Goal: 2,020
3. Build an enterprise approach to knowledge translation, innovation and partnerships
Action Overview
We are launching an economic development and industry relations strategy, strengthening our capacity to link research and its translation, launching a comprehensive strategy for our activity in the Portland region and leveraging global networks and partnerships to create additional competitive advantages in research and teaching.
FY26 Success Outcomes
- Launched coordinated sector strategies and increased industry engagement
- Activated innovation outreach to move more ideas from lab to market
- New partnerships and raised visibility for OSU in Portland
- Strengthened global research and education partnerships
Top Targets
- Increase Annual Research Expenditures to $600 Million by 2030
- Increase online enrollment to 30,000
Progress Metrics
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Industry Research Funding FY25
FY26 Goal: $6.9M
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Corporate Ecampus Partners FY25
FY26 Goal: 13
$0M
PDX Economic Impact FY25
FY26 Goal: $500M
4. Build faculty excellence
Action Overview
All colleges will set goals for research and teaching excellence and innovation. A university-wide faculty hiring initiative, fueled in part by creating efficiencies and focusing priorities, will leverage college efforts.
FY26 Success Outcomes
- Count of Academic Programs renovated
- ROI for CTL Fellows, teaching mini-grants
- Increase in research, scholarships, and creative activity
- Increase in number of faculty given major awards
Top Targets
- Increase Annual Research Expenditures to $600 Million by 2030
- Increase online enrollment to 30,000
- Increase OSU-Cascades enrollment to 2,200
Progress Metrics
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# faculty with major awards FY25
FY26 Goal: 25
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Research expenditures FY25
FY26 Goal: $450M
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# programs renovated FY25
FY26 Goal: 5
5. Significantly increase enrollment online and at OSU-Cascades
Action Overview
All colleges will set goals for research and teaching excellence and innovation. A university-wide faculty hiring initiative, fueled in part by creating efficiencies and focusing priorities, will leverage college efforts.
FY26 Success Outcomes
- New high-demand online programs that yield more online enrollment
- Improved retention and graduation rates of online students
- More corporate/government collaborations - lower cost and increases online enrollment
- Increased transfer students at OSU-Cascades
- Improved efficiency in graduate admissions and enrollment
Top Targets
- Increase OSU-Cascades enrollment to 2,200
- Increase online enrollment to 30,000
Progress Metrics
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Online Enrollment FY25
FY26 Goal: 17,560
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OSU-C Enrollment FY25
FY26 Goal: 1580
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Online Programs FY25
FY26 Goal: 129